1. Graduation Requirements
Welcome to High school!
Graduation Requirements

2. Who are the Counselors?
Last names A-G, Casey Denton
Last names H-O, Nicole Baronich
Last names P-Z, Melissa Sherwood

3. What is a gpa?
GPA stands for Grade Point Average and it converts your number grades to a 4.0 scale.  
A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1

4. Why is my gpa important? To be accepted to your chosen college
To receive scholarship money
To receive certain grants (money for college)
To have early dismissal as a senior
To play sports
For academic, CTE, or distinguished endorsements

5. What is a qpa?
A QPA stands for Quality Points Average.  The QPA takes into account the rigor (or difficulty) of a class and gives extra points for your grades in that class.  Our QPA is on a 5.5 scale.
We have 3 different difficulty levels for accelerated classes:  Honors, Accelerated, and Advanced Placement/Dual Credit weight.

6. Scale for an honors class = add .5 to the qpa
B=3.5
C=2.5
D=1.5

7. Scale for an accelerated class = Add 1 point to qpa
B=4
C=3
D=2

8. Scale for an ap/dc class = add 1
Scale for an ap/dc class = add 1.5 to qpa – required for academic endorsement diploma
A=5.5
B=4.5
C=3.5
D=2.5

9. Why is qpa important? Rank is determined by QPA
Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and Historian are the top 3 students with the highest QPA’s.  
Honors graduate QPA
Special Honors graduate  4.5 and above QPA
and below will graduate alphabetically

10. What is my gpa?
Look at your 1st semester average for your credit bearing classes: 8th grade math, MS Studies, World Geography, Tech, and PE.
Convert your average to the 4.0 scale, then divide by the number of classes.
Example:
Math -72
MS Studies-85
Tech-92

11. What do I need to take to graduate?

12. Traditional diploma with academic endorsement-26 credits

13. Tradition diploma with distinguished endorsement-28 credits

14. 9th grade courses-8 credits total
Math
-Foundations to Alg/Algebra
-Semester Algebra
-Algebra II (can choose Honors)
Geometry (can choose Honors)
English-English 9
   - English 9 Honors
Social Studies-
Humanities (½ credit)
Science
-Foundation to Biology
    -Biology
    -Honors Biology
Required Electives
-Health (½ credit)
-Fine Arts (1 Credit)
-Technology and/or PE if not earned in 8th

15. Sample 9th grade schedule
Fall Semester
1st -English 9
2nd-Biology
3rd-Foundation to Algebra
4th-Art Survey
Spring Semester
1st-Algebra 1
2nd- Humanities/Health
3rd-Algebra
4th-Spanish I

16. Sample 9th grade schedule
Fall
-1st-Football
-2nd-English 9 Honors
-3rd-Algebra
-4th-Art survey
Spring
-1st-Biology
-2nd- Humanities/Health
-3rd-Drug Ed/SafetyEd
-4th-Football